JF LETENNEUR LIVRES RARES 60th NEW YORK ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR The Armory, 643 Park Avenue , March 2020, 5 – 8 N° 6. NICOLE (G.) FONTANE (M.). RIOU (E.) -Inauguration Canal de Suez. Voyage des Souverains. Voyage pittoresque à travers l'Isthme de Suez , Paris, [ca. 1869-1870]. 2 parts in 1 vol. elephant folio + box. Jean-François Letenneur Livres Rares 11, bd du tertre Gondan - BP 20 - 35800 Saint-Briac-sur-Mer (France) Direct: +33 (0) 681 35 73 35 - [email protected] - www.jfletenneurlivresrares.fr List of 120 items to see at booth E6 including: Egypt, Middle East, America, Pacific, Asia, Africa, Europe, Maritime, Military, Atlas, Astronomy, Cosmography, Sciences, Botanic, Ecology, Literature, Religion, Books of Hours, Incunables, Works on Vellum, Miniatures books… Egypt and Middle East 1. [ALBUM PHOTO] BERGGREN (GUILLAUME) - CONSTANTINOPLE, TURQUIE ET GRÈCE SOUS L'EMPIRE OTTOMAN... Constantinople, circa 1880. 1 vol. oblong folio of 56 photographs. Contemp. full half morocco. Beautiful album illustrated with views of Constantinople, Bosphorus and Greece mostly signed by G. Berggren (1835- 1920), one of the famous names of photography of the second half of 19th century for the Middle- East. He is a Swedish artist who studied photography in Berlin before he set a workshop in Constantinople at the beginning of the 1870’s. Some of his photographs are kept in famous museums as Orsay. This album includes 49 silver prints of 270 x 210 mm including 48 on full page and 1 on double page. It highlights landscapes, architecture (historic sites, indoor and outdoor mosques and temples), general views of Constantinople and Athens, streets with passers-by, portraits of locals and a few boats etc. The first 36 prints, almost all bearing the signature of Berggren, are devoted to Turkey and in particular Constantinople. The photos of : “Ste Sophie”, “Mosque Yéni-Djami”, “Tour de Léandre et Bosphore”, “Vue de la pointe du Sérail” but also “Derviche” are notably present. The prints from 38 to 50 represent Athens, panoramas but also its temples including: "Temple of Aeolus and Agora", "Temple of Aptere Victory", "General view of the Acropolis and Temple of Theseus" or even "Porte de L'agora". $ 4 730 2. BOISSARD (JEAN JACQUES ). -LEBEN UND CONTRAFEITEN DER TURCKISCHEN UND PERSISCHEN SULTANEN, VON OSMANE AN, BISS AUF DEM JETZTREGIERENDEN SULTAN MAHUMET II. Frankfurt, Theodor de Bry, 1596. 1 vol. in-4 °. Frontisp., engr. portrait of the author, engr. coat of arms and 47 full-page engraved portraits (20 in contemp. old colors). Ancient vellum binding. Rare first edition in German of the famous "Vitae et icones sultanorum Turcicorum, Principum Persarum", published simultaneously with the same engravings and the Latin title covered. Copy with 20 of the 47 engraved portraits in very bright contemporay colors. Its author, the French Jean-Jacques Boissard (1528-1602), a poet passionate about antiquities, was also a designer, engraver and publisher. A superb portrait of him by De Bry appears in the preface to the book. Boissard undertook many trips across Europe (Italy, Greece ...) to Syria in search of ancient sites, which he draws and reproduces in books. He built up a large collection of ancient objects. He is the author of several works on the antiquity and topography of Rome, including "Romanae urbis topographiae et antiquitatum" (1597). Boissard dedicates his present work to the dignitaries of the Ottoman Empire from Osman I to Mourad III, following a rigorous classification methodology specific to his passion for emblems. The work includes the biographies of Ottoman sultans, Persian princes as well as high Turkish personalities, pashas of the Ottoman Empire (Egypt, Syria ...) including: Osman I, Soliman, Scanderbegus, Ismaël Sophi, Tammas Khuli Khan , Barbarossa… There are also portraits of women, including those of: Donice Scznderbegi, Salomache Gobaei, Manto Ianusis, Roxelana (Soliman's wife), Tamira Assambegi, Corasi Tammae and Medabe Olyndi. For this version in German and in Gothic characters, the editor used the title page in Latin by masking the text with a printed patch. This feature is not mentioned in any bibliography that we have been able to consult. The 47 portraits illustrating the book were engraved by Theodore de Bry (1528-1598) after drawings by Hoefnagel. In a circular format, they would have been produced from medals brought back from Constantinople. They are placed in frames superbly decorated with floral and animal compositions, fantastic creatures and grotesques, with legends placed in frames below and above the portraits. The work of Théodore de Bry, famous for his descriptions of European expeditions to discover America, is of remarkable quality. 20 portraits of the copy were colored by a contemporary hand in tones that remained very vivid. To our knowledge, only 5 copies of this edition in German are kept in public libraries (all in Europe), and two copies have gone on public sale in the past 50 years against thirty of the Latin edition. Attractive copy of this rare edition. $ 13 750 3. CASTELLAN (ANTOINE-LAURENT). -MŒURS, USAGES, COSTUMES DES OTHOMANS ET ABREGE DE LEUR HISTOIRE AVEC DES ECLAIRCISSEMENTS TIRES D’OUVRAGES ORIENTAUX ET COMMUNIQUES PAR M. LANGLES. Paris, Nepveu, 1812. 6 vols. In-16°. 72 hand-colored engraved plates. Contemporary half-sheep. Armorial ex-libris. First edition of this beautiful work richly illustrated with detailed hand-colored full-page engravings depicting scenes, Ottoman’s costumes, portraits, weapons, tools, musical instruments etc. Castellan gives an elaborate account of the history, emperors, people, religion, arts and professions, richly illustrated. The French publisher Nepveu published a series of books with similar descriptions of different countries and regions of the world. Provenance: Prince Alexandre Emmanuel Louis de Bauffremont-Courtenay (1773-1833). Fine copy of a prestigious provenance. $ 3 850 4. CHARDIN (JEAN). -JOURNAL DU VOYAGE DU CHEVALIER CHARDIN EN PERSE ET AUX INDES ORIENTALES, PAR LA MER NOIRE ET PAR LA COLCHIDE. PREMIERE PARTIE QUI CONTIENT LA VOYAGE DE PARIS A ISPHAHAN. A Londres, chez Moyse Pitt en Duke-street à Westmunster, 1686. 1 vol. folio. Engraved portrait and title + 15 plates. Contemp. calf. First edition of of the first volume of Chardin's manuscript. Born in Paris in a Huguenot (Protestant) family, Jean Chardin (1643-1713) undertook his travels to Persia because of his father's position as a jeweller and shareholder in the French East India Company. The younger Chardin set out in 1664, travelling through Turkey, the Black Sea, Georgia and Armenia. Soon after his arrival in Persia, he received a commission to create jewellery for Shah Abbas II, who died in 1666 and was succeeded by Shah Safi. After witnessing the latter's coronation, Chardin went on India and finally returned to Paris in 1670. In 1671, he published an account of the coronation and in the same year set off for Persia again, arriving in Isfahan in 1673 and remaining there for several years, before once more visiting India and returning home in 1677. With the persecution of the Huguenots in France, he moved to England in 1680. This first edition deals with the period 1671-73, which appeared in 1686 and was followed by several counterfeit editions. The complete set of his works was published only in 1771 in Paris, but was incomplete of several passages cut by the editor who found them “anti-papists”! Chardin enjoys the reputation of being one of the best-informed European observers of Safavid Persia. The plates in Chardin's work are said to be after the artist Guillaume Grelot; they include illustrations of Tiflis, Erivan, Kashan, Kom and a large folding map of the Black Sea. A valuable work, highly praised by Montesquieu, Rousseau etc., all of whom used this work for their sources. $ 3 850 5. FERRIOL (CHARLES, MARQUIS DE) & LE HAY. -I. RECUEIL DE CENT ESTAMPES REPRESENTANT DIFFERENTES NATIONS DU LEVANT TIREES SUR LES TABLEAUX PEINTS D’APRES NATURE EN 1707. ET 1708. PAR LES ORDRES DE M. DE FERRIOL AMBASSADEUR DU ROI A LA PORTE. ET GRAVEES EN 1712. ET 1713. PAR LES SOINS DE M. LE HAY. II. EXPLICATION DES CENT ESTAMPES QUI REPRESENTENT DIFFERENTES NATIONS DU LEVANT AVEC DE NOUVELLES ESTAMPES DE CEREMONIES TURQUES QUI ONT AUSSI LEURS EXPLICATIONS. I. Ce Recueil se vend à Paris, Chez le Sr. Le Hay, rue de Grenelle Faubourg St. Germain proche rue de la Chaise. Le Sr. Duchange Graveur du Roi rue St Jacques. Cars, rue Saint Jacques. Avec Privilège du Roi. 1714. II. A Paris, des Carracteres et de l'Imprimerie de Jacques Collombat, Imprimeur ordinaire des Bâtimens, Arts et Manufactures du Roy, rue Saint Jacques, au Pelican, 1715. Avec Prilege du Roy. 1 vol. folio. 103 engraved plates (3 doubles). Contemporary calf. Original edition of both parts. Charles de Ferriol, who was the French Ambassador to the Sublime Porte from 1699 to 1709, commissioned the plates for this work. They are of particular interest since they cover both the Turkish Court, the military &c., as well as the various costumes of the people of the Empire: the Greeks, Armenians, Wallachians and so on. The images themselves were engraved after drawings by the Flemish artist Van Mour, an inhabitant of Constantinople at the beginning of the eighteenth century. This important work forms the "basic prototype for Levantine costume plates" (Atabey). Fine copy. $ 19 800 6. NICOLE (GUSTAVE). FONTANE (MARIUS). RIOU (EDOUARD). -INAUGURATION CANAL DE SUEZ. VOYAGE DES SOUVERAINS, TEXTE PAR G. NICOLE. AQUARELLES D'APRES NATURE ET PORTRAITS PAR RIOU PEINTRE DE SON ALTESSE LE KHEDIVE. [SUIVI DE]. VOYAGE PITTORESQUE A TRAVERS L'ISTHME DE SUEZ PAR MARIUS FONTANE. VINGT-CINQ GRANDES AQUARELLES D'APRES NATURE PAR RIOU, LITHOGRAPHIEES EN COULEUR PAR MM. EUGENE CICERI ET JULES DIDIER. Paris, Paul Dupont, E. Lachaud. [ca. 1869-1870]. 2 parts in 1 vol.